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‘Because the architects required a perfect tie hole grid, fake tie holes were drilled into the facing to achieve the required pattern.’

‘The walls are concrete with stone facings and sandstone caps.’

‘The design of the subways has not been completed, but they will likely be of steel, with concrete abutments, facings and deck.’

‘The wall facings, which recall moucharaby harem screens, are made from old Indian grain chests.’

‘Mindful of Ben Rhydding's new conservation area status, the developers have been careful to include design features like using local stone for wall facings and slate roofs to ensure they get planning approval.’

‘Belgian fossil marble was used as a facing to the lower walls, Greek penalithic marble and Portland stone were used extensively elsewhere.’

‘Norwich station has a fine frontage in red brick with dressed white stone on the facings and neo-classical fun on the upper windows.’

‘The substantial walls, made of ashlar facings and rubble cores, can be up to 2 m. thick, and in places they have survived to a height of more than 2 m.’

‘The roofs are slate, the walls are cedar shingles and facings are white.’

‘The new plan seems set to create a much more significant development more in keeping with its surroundings, unlike the dirty Portland stone and marble facings and 1960s concrete-style structures it replaces.’